Words › JLPT N2 › 引っくり返す

引っくり返す: to turn over

引っくり返ひっくりかえす hikkurikaesu

to turn over; to turn upside down; to knock over; to tip over; to overturn (e.g. a decision); to upset

JLPT N2Everyday actions

部長ぶちょうは「男に二言おとこににごんはない」と言いったのに、翌日よくじつになって話はなしを引っくり返ひっくりかえした。

The manager had said, "A man doesn't go back on his word," yet the next day he reversed himself.